I wasn't allowed to speak while my husband was alive, and since he's gone no one has been able to shut me up.

Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who have fallen from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone.

I couldn't remember ever having seen a young man with such power, so many facets of expression, so much sheer invention as an actor.

You had to stand in line to hate him.

Lucille Ball hates the color of her hair, too, and says 'I should wear a sign on my chest saying I hate it, but Technicolor demands it.'

I can wear a hat or take it off, but either way it's a conversation piece.

No matter what you say about the town, and anything you say probably is true, there's never been another like it.

Smart writers never understand why their satires on our town are never successful. What they refuse to accept is that you can't satirize a satire.

Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.

Hollywood was always heartbreak town, though most of the world fancied it to be Shangri-La, King Solomon's mines, and Fort Knox rolled into one big ball of 24-karat gold.

In Hollywood gratitude is Public Enemy Number One.

Just because you're a luxury brand doesn't mean you have to have an attitude.

Happiness lies first of all in health.

I collect skulls; I think that a beautiful skull is a really good gift for a guy.

It's important to know when we need to stop, reflect, and receive. In our competitive world, that might be called a waste of time.

Street and park trees provide tremendous benefits to cities.

I could be, you know, the person that shows little kids that giving up isn't something that you should do.

As a New Yorker, I'm someone who lives on an island and looks across to America.

Life is a series of family photos in which eventually you stop showing up.

In advertising, I was frustrated by having to deal with the client. It was the only time I really worked in a proper office, and I didn't like it-simple as that.